Whip-manipulator.



L. HANGHER, WHIP MANIPULATOE. APPLICATION FILED 11 3.15, 1911.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

' col-UHIIA WRAP" CO" WASHINGTON. D. C

LEONARD HANCHER, OF LEESBURG, OHIO.

WHIP-MANIPULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 15, 1911.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 621,367.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD I-IANCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leesburg, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVhipl/lanipulators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for manipulating whips in bad weather from the interior of closed vehicles; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of a whip manipulator constructed according to this invention and showing the bearing in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of the support and the bearing drawn to a smaller scale and showing the lever handle in section. Fig. 3 is a front view of the lever. Fig. 4 is a side view of a modification and is drawn to a smaller scale.

A is a front panel of a vehicle of any approved construction having a crossbar B at its middle part. The upper part of the panel is preferably provided with a glass window.

C is a spherical bearing at the middle part of the crossbar B. This bearing is preferably formed by cutting a circular hole b in the crossbar, and securing two plates 0 to the crossbar, one on each side thereof. These plates have curved flanges c which project around the hole Z).

D is a lever provided at its middle part with a ball (Z which is mounted in the spherical bearing so that it can be moved pivotally in all directions. One end of the lever is provided with a handle E and a hook e. The other end of the lever, which projects from the vehicle, is provided with a socket F for engaging with the handle f of a whip of any approved make. This socket has an inclined spoon-shaped end portion 9 on one side near the ball, and it has a bar it on the other side near its middle part. At its free end the socket has a spring clamp 2' provided with a bolt This spring clamp may be formed integral with the socket, or it may consist of a band formed separate from the socket and slipped over its free end portion. A socket constructed in this way will engage tightly with whip handles of various sizes. The whip handle is secured in the socket, and the whip is manipulated by means of the lever handle E from the interior of the vehicle.

J are spiral springs secured to the side portions of the panel A and to the hook c on the lever. These springs hold the whip lever in a conveniently inclined position as shown in Fig. 1 when not required in use, and they do not interfere with the ordinary act-ion of the whip, but the springs can be disconnected from the hook whenever desired.

In Fig. 4 the bearing 0 is shown on a supporting post A instead of a crossbar, so that the device can be applied to an open vehicle.

What I claim is:

1. In a whip manipulator, the combination, with a support provided with a spherical bearing, of a lever having a ball at its middle part which is mounted in the said bearing, said lever having a socket at one end for engaging with a whip handle.

2. In a whip manipulator, the combination, with a support provided with a spherical bearing, of a lever having a ball at its middle part which is mounted in the said bearing, said lever having a socket at one end for engaging with a whip handle and having a hook on its other end portion, and two spiral springs secured to the side portions of the said support and connected to the said hook.

3. In a whip manipulator, the combination, with a supporting bar having a circular hole, and two plates having circular curved flanges secured to the opposite sides of the bar around the hole and forming with it a spherical bearing, of a lever having a ball at its middle part which is mounted in the said bearing, said lever having a socket at one end for engaging with a whip handle.

4. In a whip manipulator, the combina tion, with a support provided with a spherical bearing, of a lever having a ball at its middle part which is mounted in the said bearing, said lever having a socket at one In testimony whereof I have affixed my end for engaging With a wimp handle, and signature 1n the presence of two wltnesses. saldsocl tet having an mohned spoon-shaped LEONARD HANGHER portion on one slde near the szud ball and havlng also a bar on lts other side near lts W1tnesses:

Inlddle partand a spring fastenlng 011p at H. C. KEEN,

1ts free end. A. FLESI-IER.

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